Ad Herbal

Adherbal or Ad Herbal (Gr. Ατάρβας) was name of various Carthaginian commanders:

  • Ad Herbal: (died 230 BC) was the admiral of the Carthaginian fleet who battled for domination of the Mediterranean Sea for Carthage in the First Punic War against Rome, 264 BC-241 BC. He was placed over Drepana, and completely defeated the Roman consul Publius Claudius Pulcher in the Battle of Drepana, 249 BC.
  • Adherbal: was a Carthaginian commander under Mago in the Second Punic War, who was defeated in a naval battle off Carteia, in Spain, by Gaius Laelius in 206 BC.